Din gine jaate the, is din ke liye
A beautiful ghazal penned by Daag and Ameer Minayee, with simple, yet thought provoking ideas in each couplets tumne badle …
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Bazm
Bazm means gathering or party, an assembly of people. Also known as mehfil. Here is a couplet from the prolific …
A couplet by Sardar Jafri
Gham ka heeraa dil mein rakkho kisko dikhaate phirte ho ye choron ki dunyaa hai The jewel of your sadness, …
Waqt to lagta hai…
Pyaar ka pehla khat likhne mein waqt to lagta hai naye parindo ko udne mein waqt to lagta hai It …
Secular Urdu Literature @Mehfil
Urdu Literature is rich and diverse. It is a language of a secular nation. It does not have religious boundaries. …
Kooza
Kooza is the Urdu lafz for a very small utensil or vessel generally used to hold liquids. The lafz is …
Ghazal, Ghazaal aur Gazelle
At Urduwallahs, we have often pondered over the etymological origin and similarity in the Urdu lafz ‘ghazal’ (poem) and the …
My Name is Radha
My name is Radha: The Essential Manto is the latest English translation of Manto’s prolific work, to land at book …
Dehleez
Dehleez means threshold (of a home, of pain or anything else) and is sometimes loosely used to mean entrance of …
Khusrau – Kabir Across Centuries
India has been blessed by the presence of several poet saints through centuries. Among the most revered and popular from …
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